Can I overfeed a Scoly?

jjencek · 02/28/2018, 01:48 PM

I lost a Scoly 6 months ago which I did not feed well while away on business.

I got a new one and I am so worried about loosing it again that I keep feeding it a lot. It keeps taking food several times per day. It just won't stop eating.

Can I overfeed it?

AlSimmons · 03/01/2018, 11:24 AM

I'm not sure if you can overfeed the coral, although I have seen corals eat things only to puke it up later on, but assuming your parameters are within reason and the lighting is sufficient one meal every 2 weeks or so should be fine. There's really no need to feed it that much IMO. GL.

rogersb · 03/01/2018, 06:43 PM

I would think your parameters are off rather than it not getting a meal. In my last tank I had scolys and never fed any of them on a regular basis but they still grew. What is your alk, ca, and mag?

jjencek · 03/01/2018, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by rogersb

I would think your parameters are off rather than it not getting a meal. In my last tank I had scolys and never fed any of them on a regular basis but they still grew. What is your alk, ca, and mag?

I think you are correct. This has been a while when that happened and I don't have the parameters, but it was gone pretty fast (within 3 weeks?).

My parameters for this "attempt" are as follows:

alk .... 8.6
ca .... 440
mg .... 1350
Ph .... 7.8 - 8.1
NO3 .... 0.02
PO4 .... 0.028
Salinity .... 31 (low - plan to raise it to 35 over five weeks)

AlSimmons · 03/02/2018, 11:07 AM

Just out of curiosity when you lost that Scolymia did you have any other corals in the tank? If so, did you have any problems with them?

jjencek · 03/04/2018, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by AlSimmons

Just out of curiosity when you lost that Scolymia did you have any other corals in the tank? If so, did you have any problems with them?

I had several soft corals, zoas, and candy cane. I also got a few LPS at the same time as the scoly. One of them was a brain coral (?), which I also lost.

02/28/2018, 01:48 PM	#1
jjencek Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Posts: 366	Can I overfeed a Scoly? I lost a Scoly 6 months ago which I did not feed well while away on business. I got a new one and I am so worried about loosing it again that I keep feeding it a lot. It keeps taking food several times per day. It just won't stop eating. Can I overfeed it?

03/01/2018, 11:24 AM	#2
AlSimmons Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: California Posts: 2,482	I'm not sure if you can overfeed the coral, although I have seen corals eat things only to puke it up later on, but assuming your parameters are within reason and the lighting is sufficient one meal every 2 weeks or so should be fine. There's really no need to feed it that much IMO. GL.

03/01/2018, 06:43 PM	#3
rogersb Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: white haven Posts: 1,135	I would think your parameters are off rather than it not getting a meal. In my last tank I had scolys and never fed any of them on a regular basis but they still grew. What is your alk, ca, and mag?

03/02/2018, 11:07 AM	#5
AlSimmons Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: California Posts: 2,482	Just out of curiosity when you lost that Scolymia did you have any other corals in the tank? If so, did you have any problems with them?